Arab American Heritage Month 2022: Kids | St. Charles Public Library

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Every Friday Musa's family takes turns picking out a Jummah treat which they use to try all different foods, but when it is Musa's turn he sticks to his favorite halal hot dogs to share.

2) The magical reality of Nadia

Author

Yūsuf, Bāsim

Series

Magical reality of Nadia volume 1

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Book, Pre-loaded Audio

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From Bassem Youssef, a.k.a. The Jon Stewart of the Arab World, comes a hilarious and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage. Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her: - She collects bobbleheads -- she has 77 so far. - She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old. - The hippo amulet she wears is ancient...as in it's literally from ancient Egypt. - She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit...

3) The three princes of Serendip: new tellings of old tales for everyone

Author

Khalidi, Rodhan Al

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"This feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut-paper art. The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia, and Africa, but when award-winning writer and gatherer of tales Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales and as part of the Arabic storytelling tradition....

4) Where butterflies fill the sky: a story of immigration, family, and finding home

Author

Marwan, Zahra

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"An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"--

5) The turtle of Michigan: a novel

Author

Nye, Naomi Shihab

Series

Turtle of Oman volume 2

Formats:

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook

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Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.

6) My name is Bana

Author

Alabed, Bana

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Book, Vox Book

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Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.

7) One wish: Fatima al-Fihri and the world's oldest university

Author

Yuksel, M. O

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The story of Fatima al-Fihri, a trailblazing woman who founded the oldest existing and continually operating university in the world.

8) Ten ways to hear snow

Author

Camper, Cathy

Series

Children's braille book club

Formats:

Book, Braille

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Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.

9) Silverworld

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Abu-Jaber, Diana

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Desperate to help her ailing grandmother, Sami consults Sitti's spell book and falls into the magical Silverworld, where she must try to save the enchanted city and, perhaps, Sitti, too.

10) Wishing upon the same stars

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Feldman, Jacquetta Nammar

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Pre-loaded Audio

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Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these friendships, especially from her Palestinian father, a native...